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Camarena Health opens its doors

by SHAWN PINTOR-DAY | Apr 28, 2025 | Business, Health | 0

Healthcare is one of the most fickle aspects of the economy, and good healthcare has only gotten...

DPHS students explore careers in the medical field

by Jocelyn Morales | Apr 20, 2025 | Education, Health | 0

On April 2, Dos Palos High School staff took a group of Career and Technical Education (CTE) medical students on a field trip to San Joaquin Valley College (SJVC) in Fresno. The group was chaperoned by two teachers, Daryl...

More than half of San Joaquin Valley residents could face ‘devastating’ cuts to health coverage

by The Westside Express | Apr 19, 2025 | Government, Health | 0

BY MARIJKE ROWLANDCV Journalism Collaborative More than half of the San Joaquin Valley’s...

Schools in this California town won acclaim for their pandemic comeback. How they did it

by The Westside Express | Apr 6, 2025 | Education, Health | 0

BY CAROLYN JONESCalMatters Some of California’s most acclaimed schools right now aren’t in elite...

Camarena Health expands into Merced County with new Los Banos Health Center

by The Westside Express | Apr 5, 2025 | Health | 0

BY ART ZARAGOZACamarena Health Camarena Health announced the grand opening of its first-ever...

$50K donation enables Los Banos hospital to improve its surgical wing

by Sammie Ann Wicks | Jan 3, 2025 | Fundraisers/Donations, Health | 0

The Los Banos Memorial Hospital has been given a major boost in its ability to treat patients...

Confirmed rabies exposure in Merced County

by The Westside Express | Dec 10, 2024 | Health | 0

The Fresno County Department of Public Health (FCDPH) and the Merced County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) have confirmed a rabies exposure involving a Fresno County resident that was suspected to have been bitten by a bat...

Two Central Valley residents test positive for bird flu

by The Westside Express | Oct 14, 2024 | Health | 0

The California Department of Public Health confirmed last week that two Central Valley residents...

Giving poor money could result in fewer trips to ER, study suggests

by The Westside Express | Jul 28, 2024 | Health | 0

CHELSEA, Mass. (AP) — Giving cash to poor people could result in fewer emergency department visits, a new study suggests. The study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association looked at almost 2,900...

Student resiliency center grand opening June 27

by Nathan Quevedo | Jun 26, 2024 | Education, Health | 0

The Merced County Office of Education and the Merced County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services will host a grand opening and open house of the Student Resiliency Center and many other programs on June 27. The grand opening...